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Jeremy - Hugh Walpole
Jeremy - Hugh Walpole
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- Genre: Family
With affectionate humor, Mr. Walpole tells the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet English Cathedral town. There is the Jampot, who is the nurse ; Hamlet, the stray dog ; Uncle Samuel, who...
Bobby in Search of a Birthday (version 2) - Lebbeus MITCHELL
Bobby in Search of a Birthday (version 2) - Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Author: Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Genre: Family
Bobby is a little orphan boy of about 5 who discovers he has somehow lost his 'birfhday' and decides to go looking for it. This epic quest takes him into strange places and meetings with people who are sometimes scoffing, but mostly kind and helpful...
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School - Annie Fellows Johnston
The Little Colonel at Boarding-School - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Family
Because of the illness of her grandfahter, Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, finds herself being sent off to boarding school from her home in Lloydsboro Valley, Kentucky. Jolly times are mixed with lessons in this 7th book in the "Little Colonel"...
That Office Boy - Francis J. FINN
That Office Boy - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion
A new story by Father Finn! It will be glad news to many to learn that Father Finn has found time from his many duties to write a new story, and such a story! From the opening chapter to the last page of the book the interest never lags. The plot is...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 021 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 021 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Family / Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 021: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. - Summary by Elli...
From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse - Various
From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Family
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller,...
Dawn - Eleanor H. Porter
Dawn - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Romance / Family / General
Dawn (also known in England as "Keithβs Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going blind. It is hard for him and his family. Most of the book deals with their ways - right and wrong - of dealing with...
Elsie's New Relations - Martha Finley
Elsie's New Relations - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Family / Historical
In this ninth book in the classic Elsie Dinsmore series, the family finishes their summer at the seaside and returns to Ion. The narrative turns from Elsie to Violet's family, particularly her step-children Max and Lulu as they adjust to life in...
Little Meg's Children - Hesba Stretton
Little Meg's Children - Hesba Stretton
- Author: Hesba Stretton
- Genre: Family
This is the touching and endearing story of Little Meg and her trials and difficulties as she does her best to look after 'her children' after their mother dies. Father is away at sea and is expected every day, but when father's ship comes in he is...
Eyebright - Susan Coolidge
Eyebright - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Family
"Imagination is like a sail, as Mr. Joyce had said that evening; but sails are good and useful things sometimes, and carry their owners over deep waters and dark waves, which else might dampen, and drench, and drown." Twelve year old Isabella Bright...
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea - Laura Lee Hope
The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure / Family
This is the 11th in the original series of books about the Bobbseys -- two sets of twins in one family, solving mysteries and having adventures. Bert and Nan are 12, Flossie and Freddie are six. There is a father who works, a mother who stays home,...
The Girl Scouts at Home - Katherine Keene GALT
The Girl Scouts at Home - Katherine Keene GALT
- Author: Katherine Keene GALT
- Genre: Family
Little Rosanna Horton was a very poor little girl. When I tell you more about her, you will think that was a very odd thing to say.She lived in one of the most beautiful homes in Louisville, a city full of beautiful homes. And Rosanna's was one of...
The Fairy of the Snows - Francis J. FINN
The Fairy of the Snows - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to laugh and cry as you follow the antics and trials of the Morrow family, living in early 20th Century...
Tom Playfair; or Making a Start - Francis J. FINN
Tom Playfair; or Making a Start - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion / School
Tom Playfair; Or Making a Start is a book by a Roman Catholic priest, originally published in 1890, and written for youth ages 9-12. The story opens with 10-year-old Tom Playfair being quite a handful for his well-meaning but soft-hearted aunt....
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue - Laura Lee Hope
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Family
This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6-year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5-year old little girl. You will enjoy learning of their adorable antics and delightful chatter. The Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue series...
His First and Last Appearance - Francis J. FINN
His First and Last Appearance - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Family / Religion
The scene of the story is laid partly in Milwaukee, partly in New York. It describes the trials of the orphaned Lachance children. The boy hero is of a loving and lovable disposition and wins the hearts of all. The author has combined pathetic...
Understood Betsy (version 2) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Understood Betsy (version 2) - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Genre: Family
Elizabeth Ann is a timid, sickly little girl who lives with her Aunt Frances and her Great-Aunt Harriet. When Great-Aunt Harriet becomes ill, poor little Elizabeth Ann is sent to live with the much-feared Putney cousins, whom, as Great-Aunt Harriet...
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life / Family
When a neighbor brings word that Grandma is sick, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett hurry off to tend to her, leaving their seven children to prepare for Thanksgiving on their own. The story of the adventures of Eph, Tilly, Prue, Seth, Sol, Roxy, and Rhody...
Five Minute Stories - Laura E. Howe Richards
Five Minute Stories - Laura E. Howe Richards
- Author: Laura E. Howe Richards
- Genre: Family
Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. Some have a moral for little children, and some are just funny or poignant or educational, but all are a peek...
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Family
Opening several years after the close of "Eight Cousins", we find Rose coming home fresh from a voyage overseas, to find much changed about her. Now of a marriageable aged and heiress to a fortune, Rose finds joy,sorrow, and finally love await her...
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Family
This is the story of Rose, a rich but lonely and sickly girl who has been recently orphaned and sent to live with her maiden aunts. When Rose's guardian, Uncle Alec, returns from abroad he takes over her care. Through his unorthodox theories about...
The Christmas Child - Hesba Stretton
The Christmas Child - Hesba Stretton
- Author: Hesba Stretton
- Genre: Family / Religion
A short sweet, yet sad, Christmas story about forgiveness, but especially about loving others for who they are and not for who we want them to be. - Summary by The Reader...
Bulbs and Blossoms - Amy LE FEUVRE
Bulbs and Blossoms - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family / Religion
Two young children, recently arrived back in England from India, discover their aunt's old gardener, and together they explore the beautiful hope of springtime, Easter, and eternal life. - Summary by Emily Isabella...
The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House - Margaret Sidney
The Stories Polly Pepper Told to the Five Little Peppers in the Little Brown House - Margaret Sidney
- Author: Margaret Sidney
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family
Polly Pepper loves to tell stories, but there just isn't enough room in the other books to include her stories! So, since "the author has received from mothers and other persons interested in the Pepper Family, so many requests for the Stories told...
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Author: Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Family
In this fifth and (as far as is known) final volume of Peggy Raymond and her Friendly Terrace entourage, we find the Girls winding down from the Great War, and pursuing more domestic and mischievous pursuits. Finishing up college and preparing for...
Bobby in Search of a Birthday - Lebbeus MITCHELL
Bobby in Search of a Birthday - Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Author: Lebbeus MITCHELL
- Genre: Family
The sweet story of a five year old boy named Bobby, who is an orphan. When Bobby learns that other children have birthdays, he goes hunting to find his. Go with him and meet the Man with the Pocketful of Quarters and the Lady who Likes Little Boys...
A Fair Barbarian - Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Fair Barbarian - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Family
The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)...
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill - Alice B. EMERSON
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill - Alice B. EMERSON
- Author: Alice B. EMERSON
- Genre: Family
Brave, adventurous and loyal, recently-orphaned Ruth Fielding is sent to live with her estranged Uncle Jabez at the Red Mill in Cheslow, New York. A new town means making new friends, and the teenage Ruth quickly befriends the children of a wealthy...
More About Pixie - Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
More About Pixie - Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Author: Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Genre: Family
Pixie is older, her world becomes wider. The stories of her sister Bridgie and her brother Jack emerge, and also that of an intriguing neighbor, Miss Sylvia Trevor. (Summary by Judi Mason)...
The Little Colonel's Hero - Annie Fellows Johnston
The Little Colonel's Hero - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Family / General
In this sixth volume of βThe Little Colonel Seriesβ for girls, Lloyd is surprised with a gift for her twelfth birthday, of a summer trip to Europe. In Geneva she becomes friends with an old Prussian major and his Red Cross dog, a St. Bernard named...
Five Little Peppers at School - Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers at School - Margaret Sidney
- Author: Margaret Sidney
- Genre: Family / School
The Five Little Peppers are off to school - Joel and Davie at a boys' boarding school, Polly, Phronsie and Ben at home. At first the storyline shifts between the boys and the girls, until the boys come home for the holidays and all the children are...
A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story (Dramatic Reading) - Kate Douglas Wiggin
A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story (Dramatic Reading) - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Family
A group of friends spend a summer camping in a canyon in Southern California. Fun camp adventures, breath-taking scenery, and a little state history and legends too. - Summary by LikeManyWaters Cast List: Narrator: LikeManyWaters Dr. Paul Winship:...
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Box-Car Children - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Family
Four children: Henry, Jess Violet and Bennie. They are living alone in a stranded boxcar. They find items they need from the dump and a stray dog whom they name Watch. Henry earns money by working for a man named Dr. McAllister and his mother, Mrs....
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: General Fiction / Family
Father Finn's beautiful little tale can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest of the story is chiefly theological, turning, as it does, on the refining and ennobling effects of frequent...
Mary Louise (Version 2 Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise (Version 2 Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Family / School
Mary Louise is a girl who lives with her mother and grandfather. Ever since she was small, every little while they have had to pack up and move. Why? What is the secret about her grandfather? Summary by Esther ben Simonides. Dramatis Personæ:...
Christie's Old Organ - Mrs. O. F. Walton
Christie's Old Organ - Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Author: Mrs. O. F. Walton
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family / Christian Fiction
Christie is all alone in the world after his mother dies. He lives in a boarding house and every night creeps up the attic stairs to hear an old barrel organ play. One night while he is listening, the organ stops and Christie hears a thump. What has...
The Tale of Nimble Deer - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Nimble Deer - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Family
Another Sleepy Time Tale from Arthur Scott Bailey, this time Nimble Deer is the focus of the story and how he was such a tiny, frail, spotted baby when he was born that his mother was worried that he might not survive life in the woods and swamps in...
Pollyanna (version 4) - Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna (version 4) - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Family
Spinster Polly Harrington is perfectly content to be in control of her comfortable life, even if is she alone in a big house. But then a letter arrives informing her she is the guardian to her young orphaned niece, and she as well as the whole town...
Odd - Amy LE FEUVRE
Odd - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: Family
He found the word for her, and she read with difficulty, 'Trouble, distress, great affliction.' 'Do they all mean tribulation?' she asked. 'Tribulation means all of them,' was the answer. 'And can children have tribulation, Mr. Roper?' 'What do you...
Daddy Takes Us Skating - Howard R. Garis
Daddy Takes Us Skating - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Family
Hal and Mabel's Daddy knows everything - how a thermometer works, what makes a car go, why we get warm when we run. It's a cold and icy evening after school and Daddy has a secret but what is it? And what is in the mysterious packages he has for the...
